Head-on crash kills two women, leaves third with major injuries

STOCKTON - Two women died and another had major injuries after a head-on collision late Saturday in north Stockton, the California Highway Patrol said.

Jason Anderson

STOCKTON - Two women died and another had major injuries after a head-on collision late Saturday in north Stockton, the California Highway Patrol said.

Heidi Nelson, 70, of Lodi was traveling north on West Lane just north of East Eight Mile Road at 40 to 50 mph when, for unknown reasons, she lost control of her 1986 Ford Crown Victoria, officers said. Nelson crossed a raised concrete island and traveled into oncoming traffic in the southbound lanes, the CHP said.

Nelson's vehicle collided with a 1990 Chevrolet Prizm, which was occupied by two Stockton women, 56-year-old Jane Labuni and 54-year-old Rosemarie Taasin, police said. Nelson and Labuni were pronounced dead at the scene, the CHP said.

Taasin, who was driving the Prizm, had major injuries, officers said.

She was transported to St. Joseph's Medical Center before being flown to Stanford Medical Center for further treatment, authorities said.

All three women were wearing seat belts, and drug or alcohol use was not believed to be a factor in the collision, the CHP said.